The Ottawa Humane Society is in Crisis

The Ottawa Humane Society (OHS) Shelter on Champagne Avenue was built in 1968. Since that time the population of Ottawa has doubled while the number of animals the OHS treats has more than quadrupled.

As a result, the Ottawa Humane Society now struggles to care for more than 11,000 animals each year in a shelter designed to accommodate 2,500 a year.

For 120 years our community has put their faith in the Ottawa Humane Society to protect, rescue and care for abandoned, mistreated and forgotten animals. Among the oldest and most trusted service organizations in the city, the OHS has fought for and achieved significant improvements in animal welfare. Increasingly, our challenge has been to maintain the same level of care and compassion within the confines of an outdated and overcrowded facility.

The need for a new home is critical and it is clear that the Ottawa Humane Society can wait no longer. The ageing and overcrowded facility on Champagne Avenue is currently operating in a perpetual state of crisis. This puts the health of both the staff and the animals at risk. Our goal is to raise $9.5 million to build a state of the art facility that will bring about lasting, positive outcomes in every department and allow us to save, treat, house and place more animals.

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